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Tony Greene: Room of Advances

June 18 through September 7, 2014

Panel: July 29, 2014 | 7:30–9 pm

His Broken Lines: A Panel on Tony Greene
Between 1987 and 1990, Tony Greene (1955–1990) produced a small yet powerful body of work exploring desire, mortality, and the continued presence of the body in the face of the AIDS epidemic.
This discussion explores Greene’s work, the politics of queer art production in Los Angeles during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the stakes related to queer curatorial and artistic practices. Moderated by David Frantz, curator of Tony Greene: Amid Voluptuous Calm, with Monica Majoli, artist and curator; Lawrence Rinder, director, UC Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Matias Viegener, artist and writer; and artist Millie Wilson.

Panel: August 20, 2014 | 7:30–9:30 pm

Tony Greene, who worked in L.A. in the late 1980s and early 1990s before his AIDS-related death, made a five-panel series of paintings he called “Room of Advances.” The central panel features a nude man with arms out and the others feature a minimal interior space. It’s showing at the MAK, which is one of the most minimal spaces out there.